I have been looking into getting surgery to correct what I think might be tuberous breasts. My insurance states that it will cover breast reconstruction due to a congenital anomaly. I understand that this may only involve partial coverage. I would like to know if mine would even be considered tuberous before trying to work with my insurance & a plastic surgeon. I will pay for the procedure out of pocket if necessary, but I figure I might as well try to work with insurance if I can.
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Hi Maro. Thank you for the question and the pictures. It does appear that you have tuberous breasts. The signs are typically a short, tight area from nipple to your crease as well as puffy areola. This is also known as a constricted breast deformity. At age 18, you may or may not be...
You do have what is called tuberous breasts. When your nipples get hard there is some contracture of the areolas and this makes it look less tuberous. A surgical procedure called "donut mastopexy" may improve what you are concerned about by permanently reducing the size of your areolas.
Your breasts are not tuberous and I recommend a breast lift using The Bellesoma Method. This will reshape your breast tissue creating upper pole fullness without implants, elevate them higher on the chest wall and more medial to increase your cleavage. Vertical scars are avoided, nipple...
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